Women’s Golf: Sambach, Cleary earn All-ACC honors for second-straight year
Courtesy UVA Media Relations
Virginia sophomore Amanda Sambach and junior Jennifer Cleary have been named to the 15-member 2023 All-Atlantic Coast Conference team as announced by the league office Monday. It marks the second consecutive year both players have picked up All-ACC honors.
The winner of the 2023 ACC Championship individual title, Sambach (Pinehurst, N.C.) is ranked No. 40 in the current Golfstat standings. She shot an ACC and UVA record 16-under-par 202 at the ACCs. She currently leads the Cavaliers with a 71.57 stroke average. She has four top-10 finishes this year. In addition to claiming ACC medalist honors, she opened the season with a victory at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate. Sambach has also been selected to play for the U.S. team at this summer’s Arnold Palmer Cup.
Cleary (Wilmington, Del.) is second on the UVA team with a 73.14 stroke average. She has led the team in tournament scoring three times this season. Her best finish was a fifth-place showing at Tennessee’s Mercedes-Benz Collegiate where she helped the Cavaliers post a season-best score of 16-under 836. She shot 7-under 206 at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate, her best tournament score. She went 4-under 67 during the opening round, the best single-round score of her career.
Cleary and Sambach will compete with the Cavaliers at the NCAA Westfield Regional set for May 8-10 at The Club at Chatham Hills in Westfield, Ind.
2023 ACC Women’s Golf Player of the Year
Rachel Kuehn, Wake Forest
2023 ACC Women’s Golf Freshman of the Year
Lottie Woad, Florida State
2023 ACC Women’s Golf Coach of the Year
Kelley Hester, Clemson
2023 All-ACC Women’s Golf Team
Amanda Sambach, Virginia
Rachel Kuehn, Wake Forest
Charlotte Heath, Florida State
Lauren Walsh, Wake Forest
Lottie Woad, Florida State
Carolina Lopez-Chacarra, Wake Forest
Emilia Migliaccio, Wake Forest
Phoebe Brinker, Duke
Savannah Grewal, Clemson
Annabelle Pancake, Clemson
Erica Shepherd, Duke
Kayla Smith, North Carolina
Jennifer Cleary, Virginia
Amelia Williamson, Florida State
Mimi Rhodes, Wake Forest